An Interesting Internal Memo Obtained By California’s Capitol

MEMBER BULLETIN

From: California Restaurant Association

To: Central Valley, Fresno, Los Angeles, North State, Orange County and San Diego County chapters

These have been hard times for restaurant owners. Even though California’s more than 61,000 restaurants employ more than 1 million people, the current economic slump has hurt business and caused closures throughout the state, particularly those areas hardest hit by the housing market meltdown.

However, our Sacramento chapter, particularly its downtown members, appears to have hit on a winning business strategy that can, to some extent, be replicated elsewhere in the state.

For Sacramento downtown restaurants, August [....]

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Consider What Tonight — 8/9/10 — Will Be at 11:12 PM

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And a Final Installment of Immortal Put-Downs

“He is not only dull himself;  he is the cause of dullness in others.” –Samuel Johnson

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“He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.” –Paul Keating

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“In order to avoid being called a flirt,  she always yielded easily.” –Charles, Count Talleyrand

***** “He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.” –Forrest Tucker

“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?” –Mark Twain

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“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.” –Mae West

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“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go..” –Oscar Wilde

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“He [....]

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Pity “Chicks In Charge” is Taken; WIP-PAC Evocative, Though

(Editor’s Note: What might the fall-out be over creation of a “Men in Power” political action committee?)

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And Yet Another Sampling of Timeless Put-Downs

“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” 

 –Clarence Darrow

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“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it.”

–Moses Hadas

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“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”     –Mark Twain

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“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” –Oscar Wilde

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“I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here.” –Stephen Bishop

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“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.” –John Bright

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“I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s [....]

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Another Batch of Non-#!%*@*&! Insults…

A member of Parliament to Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli:

“Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.”

Replied Disraeli:

“That depends, sir, whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.”

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“He had delusions of adequacy.”
–Walter Kerr

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“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. ”
 –Winston Churchill

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Response Requested…

From the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief

July 13, 2010

Ron Diedrich, Acting Director

Department of General Services

Ziggurat Building, 707 Third Street

West Sacramento, CA 95605-2811

Dear Mr. Diedrich:

Respectfully, this letter requests the immediate termination of the display adjacent to the right door of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Capitol office depicting the alleged daily cost of a budget not being enacted for the fiscal year which began July 1.

In a July 7, 2010 post, The Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Alert has noted the flimsy factual foundation for the governor’s claim that each day of inaction carries a cost of $52.3 million. The figure is [....]

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From the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief

July 13, 2010

Ron Diedrich, Acting Director

Department of General Services

Ziggurat Building, 707 Third Street

West Sacramento, CA 95605-2811

Dear Mr. Diedrich:

Respectfully, this letter requests the immediate termination of the display adjacent to the right door of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Capitol office depicting the alleged daily cost of a budget not being enacted for the fiscal year which began July 1.

In a July 7, 2010 post, The Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Alert has noted the flimsy factual foundation for the governor’s claim that each day of inaction carries a cost of $52.3 million. The figure is [....]

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You Know You’re Old When…

You need to find another pair of reading glasses in order use the tiny screwdriver to tighten the even tinier screws in the arms of the pair you’re wearing.

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Outrage Infinite! Infamy Unspeakable!

Rereading the political classic, Fairplay for Frogs, co-authored by former Congressman and Assemblyman Jerry Waldie and Nestle J. Frobish, chairman of the Worldwide Fairplay for Frogs Committee, always engenders deeper appreciation of the wit of both writers. In this instance, California’s Capitol showcases a brief snippet from the hand of the late Jerry Waldie. (Editor’s Note: In the interswt of fairplay, the headline above, however, is Frobish’s memorable rallying cry from his 14-year crusade to thwart the man he dubs the “Mad Butcher of the Swamps.”) In this excerpt, Waldie is describing AB 2301,  a 20-word measure he introduced on [....]

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